Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/10/17/majority-voters-support-reallocating-pentagon/
Oct. 17, 2019 - A majority of voters support reallocating money away from the Pentagon and to domestic needs like health care, education and environmental protection, according to new polling by Data For Pr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/10/17/researchers-slash-pentagon-budget-medicare-for-all/
Oct. 17, 2019 - "Proposals to fund Medicare for All have focused on raising taxes. But what if we could imagine another way entirely?"
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/10/17/how-to-fund-medicare-for-all-slash-the-military/
Oct. 17, 2019 - Hompeage image courtesy of Charles Edward Miller. As Democratic presidential candidates debate the merits of Medicare for All, a Green New Deal or free college, a chorus of scolds from across the p...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/09/20/save-planet-cut-pentagon/
Sept. 20, 2019 - ...military spending, we could build enough green electricity for every household in the country.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/08/09/deficit-hawks-enabling-next-us-war/
Aug. 9, 2019 - The U.S. budget is rigged to hold essential domestic programs hostage to the Pentagon's war chest.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/08/02/pentagon-trillion-two-year-budget-deal/
Aug. 2, 2019 - ...military than 144 other countries combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/07/26/why-did-democrats-pass-trumps-2-year-budget/
July 26, 2019 - ...military budget also got a boost.
Blog - /blog/2019/07/18/us-spends-more-its-military-176-countries-combined/
July 18, 2019 - ...military than 144 other countries combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/07/05/peace-justice-poor-peoples-moral-budget/
July 5, 2019 - ...military budget and trade-offs on how that money could be used elsewhere, as detailed in the Poor People's Moral Budget.
Blog - /blog/2019/06/27/what-wasnt-said-first-democratic-debate-should-have-been/
June 27, 2019 - Ten candidates answered questions on a range of topics from five moderators at the first Democratic presidential debate last night. Here's what the candidates and moderators didn't say, but should hav...
Blog - /blog/2019/06/28/750-billion-ndaa-steamrolls-ahead/
June 27, 2019 - ...military spending is shaping up to be sky-high—the Senate's NDAA bill just approved the President's topline Pentagon budget of $750 billion for Fiscal Year 2020.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/06/18/nation-presidential-candidates-talking-poverty/
June 18, 2019 - ...military budget (more than the next seven countries combined) would the candidates be willing to support? Tomorrow, a House Budget Committee hearing will take a deeper dive into that budget and hopefu...
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/poor-peoples-moral-budget-key-findings/
June 17, 2019 - Key findings from the Poor People's Moral Budget report.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/
June 17, 2019 - In the seven sections of the Moral Budget, we look at policies and investments for seven critical areas of the Poor People’s Moral Agenda.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/06/17/nyt-2020-democrats-poverty-presidential-forum/
June 17, 2019 - ...military spending by nearly half and increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy people.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/06/17/moral-economy-save-taxpayers-billions/
June 17, 2019 - 10 ways that doing the right thing would save us money
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/cutting-350-billion-from-military-budget/
June 16, 2019 - We identify as much as $350 billion in cuts that would bring the Pentagon budget down to roughly $400 billion per year, still more than the budgets of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea - combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/05/15/2020-military-budget-progressive-medicare-for-all/
May 15, 2019 - ...military budget, dollar for dollar. That’s timid and wrongheaded."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/04/24/Military-Budget-is-a-Disgrace/
April 24, 2019 - AN INTERVIEW WITHLINDSAY KOSHGARIAN The United States is spending $750 billion on its war machine. That money should be going to food, education, health care, and shelter for working people.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/tax-day-2019-notes-and-sources/
April 11, 2019 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck, and due this year on April 15.